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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER
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Building Room Numbering System
FACILITIES MANAGEMENTPLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
system developed and implemented jointly by:
CASP (Capital Assets and Space Planning) office

and
CAD/GIS office
Updated September 2011
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BUILDING ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS
BUILDING ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... 2

Purpose of the Room Numbering System .................................................................................................... 3
Goals of the Room Numbering System ......................................................................................................... 3
Standardization ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Flexibility ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Timeliness ................................................................................................................................................. 3
The Campus Element .................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Campus Zones and image:.............................................................................................................. 4
List of Campus Zone Numbering: .............................................................................................................. 5
The Room Numbering Element..................................................................................................................... 6
Room Numbering System elements: ........................................................................................................ 7
1. Floor Designation .............................................................................................................................. 7
2. Circulation Areas ............................................................................................................................... 8
3. Restrooms ......................................................................................................................................... 8
4. Rooms within Rooms ........................................................................................................................ 9
5. Suites of Spaces................................................................................................................................. 9
6. Flexibility for Future Expansion/Infill ................................................................................................ 9
7. Allowance for Building Wing Identification .................................................................................... 10
8. Special Identifers ............................................................................................................................. 11

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PURPOSE OF THE ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM

The numbering of buildings and rooms is an important part of the Universitys built environment allowing
student, faculty, staff and visitors to effectively and safely find their way from place to place. The room
numbering system helps in navigation through our large and complex collection of buildings by creating a
recognizably related series of identifiers applied universally throughout the campus.
GOALS OF THE ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM

STANDARDIZATION, FLEXIBILITY, AND TIMELINESS
The Room numbering system has been purposefully designed with three points in mind: Standardization,
Flexibility and Timeliness.
STANDARDIZATION
A primary goal of the room numbering system is developing a means by which the user (student, faculty,
staff or visitor) of the system will be able to find his or her way through buildings on campus, using
principles they will have already learned navigating other buildings on campus. This standardization,
through numbering guidelines, will also help the numberer choose appropriate numbers when initially
numbering spaces or renumbering spaces.
FLEXIBILITY
Contrary to popular belief, buildings on campus are not actually static. The schools, departments and
centers occupying most buildings will change from time to time, requiring reconfiguration of spaces and
their associated room numbers. The numbering system must be flexible enough to accommodate these
year by year changes.
TIMELINESS
The system must be clear and efficient enough to apply in a relatively rapid manner. Numbering of small
projects such as room remodels, door and partition wall changes should occur within a period of days
during the CAD office document review process. Larger projects, such as new buildings and capital
renewal projects should be accomplished within a period of a couple of weeks during the initial design
phase of the project. Reissued drawing sets should be able to be checked against room number
assignments which were previously issued during the CAD office document review process.

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THE CAMPUS ELEMENT

THE 9 CAMPUS ZONES
The Boulder Campus divides itself into seven geographically unique zones or areas. Creating new zones
is sometimes necessary with new building acquisitions or construction.
LIST OF CAMPUS ZONES AND IMAGE:

1. East Campus
2. East Campus North
3. Grandview
4. Main Campus
5. Mountain Research Station (not shown)
6. North of Boulder Creek
7. Off Campus (not shown)
8. South Campus (not shown)
9. Williams Village

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A Campus Zone defines the official building number, allowing building proximity identification from the
number only (although some zones have common numbering schemes). A building number is permanent
and does not change, even if the official name or code changes.
LIST OF CAMPUS ZONE NUMBERING:

1. East Campus (49 buildings)-500s, e.g.: 564, 568
2. East Campus North (2 buildings)-500s, e.g.: 583, 585
3. Grandview (24 buildings)-200s, e.g.: 288, 290
4. Main Campus (112 buildings)-200s, 300s & 400s, e.g.: 205, 378, 403
5. Mountain Research Station (59 buildings)-000s, e.g.: 030, 035
6. North of Boulder Creek (66 buildings)-l00s, e.g.: 150, 170
7. Off Campus (3 buildings)-000s, 500s, e.g.: 097, 595
8. South Campus (1 building)-700s, e.g.: 725
9. Williams Village (8 buildings)-600s, e.g.: 630A, 630B
Worth noting, most housing is located in zones other than main campus where academic and research
buildings are concentrated.
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THE ROOM NUMBERING ELEMENT

THE TOP ROOM NUMBERING COMPONENTS
Things to consider before you sit down to number:
1. Floor identification
2. General floor configuration
3. Potential traffic flow paths
4. Main entrance/exits points
5. Any unique features
Reference image of a typical floor plan:
This first floor level plan represents a typical building with one central corridor bisecting the two halves of
the layout. Refer to this image throughout the discussion on room numbering.

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ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM ELEMENTS:

1. Floor designation
2. Circulation areas
3. Restrooms
4. Rooms within rooms
5. Suites of spaces
6. Flexibility for future expansion/infill
7. Allowance for building wing identification
8. Special identifiers
Now let's take these one at a time as relating to the Boulder Campus.
1. Floor Designation
Every room is identifiable by its beginning number-for example, all rooms beginning with 1XX locate on
the first floor; 2XX rooms locate on the second floor and so on. This holds true for all floors above grade
(first floor and above). Below grade floors (first basement and below) identify with a prefix of 1B, 2B and
so on. Mezzanines are similar.
Floor Name
Floor
Code
Room
Prefix
Room Examples
First
1F
1-
Second
2F
2-
Third
3F
3-
First Basement
1B
1B-
Second
Basement
First Mezzanine
2B
2B-
1M
1M-
133
155A
233
255A
333
355B
1B33
1B55A
2B33
2B55A
1M33
1M55A
Above
Grade?
Below
Grade
Also note, the Boulder Campus makes use of a three-digit room numbering convention, e.g.: XXX. This
numbering strategy applies equally well to four-digit environment (XXXX).

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2. Circulation Areas
Circulation areas include corridors, stairwells, elevators and internal loading docks. These areas have
associated prefixes for room number as well.
CIRCULATION AREA
ROOM PREFIX
EXAMPLES
Corridor (and loading docks)

Stairwell
Elevator
CRSTEL-
CR133, CR155A
5T233, ST255A
ELIB33, ELlB55A
Adding a circulation prefix (or any other prefix, see below) to another prefix (such as the floor designation)
is common, and as it turns out, necessary. The strategy is this:
FLOOR DESIGNATION PREFIXES ARE SUBORDINATE TO ALL
OTHERS.
The prefix formula structure is "primary prefix + subordinate prefix + room#."
Examples:
"CR + IB + 100"
"ST + 1M + 125A"
"EL + 300"
"RRU + 2B + 225"
3. Restrooms
The room numbering system identifies four different types of restroom configurations. There is a unique
prefix identifier for each of the men's, women's and unisex rooms. Restrooms for Housing Dorms may
simply use the RR prefix since the occupant gender for the the floor/wing may change semester by
semester.
RESTROOM TYPE
RESTROOM PREFIX
ROOM EXAMPLES
MENS
WOMENS
UNISEX
UNDEFINED (OR
SHARED RESTROOM
IN HOUSING DORMS
RRMRRWRRURR-
RRM133, RRM155A
RRW233, RRW255A
RRU1B33, RRU1B55A
RR333, RR444

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4. ROOMS WITHIN ROOMS

A typical example is an outer office service type of area with a faculty office accessible through it. These
spaces are identified with an appropriate suffix, e.g.: 110 (outer space) and 110A (inner space); 464,
464A and 464B (triple scenario).
5. Suites of Spaces
Suites of rooms or spaces are treated in a similar fashion to number four above. A central or core number
is chosen, usually the entry space, and each room sequencing with a suffix consecutively. For example, a
single outer waiting room and five non-connecting rooms accessed only through the first outer space:
2B30 (waiting room), 2B30A, 2B30B, 2B30C, 2B30D & 2B30E. Picture a ferrisFerris wheel with our
waiting room as the hub and the non-connecting rooms as satellites.
Note: certain letters should not be included in suffixes to avoid
confusion with numerals. These are: I, 0, and Q. No one wants to see
110 and 110I, 110O or 110Q!
6. Flexibility for Future Expansion/Infill

Not all buildings or renovations utilize all available space initially. Some space is left as shell area for later
infill. Subdividing large areas is common. Allowance for these and other scenarios is crucial for avoiding
mismatched types of sequencing in the future.
Imagine walking down a hallway with number such as 110, 111, 112, etc. A project to subdivide several of
the larger labs into separate office space (no connectivity so suffixes won't work here) comes on line.
How to number? Where's the allowance for additional numbering within the existing layout? Creating
room number 'gaps' in the sequencing allows for these new numbers. Review the following image:

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By breaking a floor into chunks of numbers, future expansion can occur without creating chaotic
numbering of the new space. These blocks or chunks are just that-an area devoted to 00s numbers, l0s
numbers, 20s numbers and so on, e.g.: 100s block (101, 103, l05), 110s block (111, 113, 115), 120s
block (121, 123, 125) and so on. With the exception of very high density configurations (say, an entire
area of small, hard walled offices) not every number is allocated in a block, anticipating future surge
space numbering. This is good planning. Practice this often.
7. Allowance for Building Wing Identification

Sometimes in large building, and particularly with additions to existing buildings, wing identification comes
into play. This is especially true when room number duplication is unavoidable.
Wing identification in room number is always marked with a prefix, with the most common system
matching north, south, east and west. For example:
WING TYPE
ROOM PREFIX
ROOM EXAMPLES
North
West
Addition
NWA-
N133, N155A, CRN130, RRMN125

W233, W255A, CRW250, RRWW225
A1B33, A1B55A, CRA1B50, RRUA1B25
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The formula adds the wing prefix before the floor level designation. Review sections 2 and 3 above. The
formula becomes:
"primary prefix + wing prefix + subordinate (floor) prefix + room#"
Examples:
"CR + N + 1B + 100"
"ST + W + 1M + 125A"
"EL + S + 300"
"RRU + A + 2B + 225"
Note: some room numbering strings can become much longer than traditional legacy methods, but the
information conveyed in the room number tag is extremely relevant.
This is now the trend as it ties well into modern room signage requirements.
8. Special Identifiers
In previous examples, prefixes have been used to add information based on location, and type of use.
These are the only prefixes currently in use within the University Building Room Numbering system. In
future numbering efforts, additional prefixes may be used in order to help locate and identify rooms.
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BUILDING ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS

BUILDING ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... 2

Building Room Numbering System

PURPOSE OF THE ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM

GOALS OF THE ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM

Building Room Numbering System

THE CAMPUS ELEMENT

LIST OF CAMPUS ZONES AND IMAGE:

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LIST OF CAMPUS ZONE NUMBERING:

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THE ROOM NUMBERING ELEMENT

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ROOM NUMBERING SYSTEM ELEMENTS:

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Corridor (and loading docks)

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4. ROOMS WITHIN ROOMS

6. Flexibility for Future Expansion/Infill

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7. Allowance for Building Wing Identification

N133, N155A, CRN130, RRMN125

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